1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Events at the
1994 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Road events
20 km road run men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 400 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20, 21 and 22 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Olabisi Afolabi
 Nigeria
Silver Monique Hennagan
 United States
Bronze Hana Benešová
 Czech Republic

Results

Final

22 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Olabisi Afolabi  Nigeria 51.97
2nd, silver medalist(s) Monique Hennagan  United States 52.25
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Hana Benešová  Czech Republic 52.60
4 Li Yajun  China 52.62
5 Tracey Barnes  Jamaica 53.46
6 Tamsyn Lewis  Australia 53.51
7 Cicely Scott  United States 53.57
8 Claudine Williams  Jamaica DNF

Semifinals

21 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Claudine Williams  Jamaica 52.43 Q
2 Li Yajun  China 52.99 Q
3 Hana Benešová  Czech Republic 53.48 Q
4 Cicely Scott  United States 53.65 Q
5 Žana Minina  Lithuania 53.81
6 Florence Ekpo-Umoh  Nigeria 53.84
7 Heidi Suomi  Finland 54.49
8 Sandrine Thiébaud  France 55.73

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Olabisi Afolabi  Nigeria 52.27 Q
2 Monique Hennagan  United States 52.74 Q
3 Tamsyn Lewis  Australia 53.91 Q
4 Tracey Barnes  Jamaica 53.92 Q
5 Daimí Pernía  Cuba 54.09
6 Larisa Bolenok  Russia 54.85
7 Claudia Angerhausen  Germany 55.02
8 Zhang Yu  China 55.54

Heats

20 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Olabisi Afolabi  Nigeria 53.60 Q
2 Cicely Scott  United States 54.63 Q
3 Žana Minina  Lithuania 54.88 Q
4 Vernetta Rolle  Bahamas 55.12
5 Melissa Straker  Barbados 55.76
6 Kaltouma Nadjina  Chad 56.08
7 Militza Castro  Puerto Rico 56.16
8 Natalya Dorokhina  Kazakhstan 57.78

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Claudine Williams  Jamaica 53.82 Q
2 Florence Ekpo-Umoh  Nigeria 54.69 Q
3 Claudia Angerhausen  Germany 54.71 Q
4 Zhang Yu  China 54.81 q
5 Yolande Venter  South Africa 54.93
6 Barbora Dostálová  Czech Republic 55.88
7 Valentina Golovko  Russia 55.97

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Li Yajun  China 53.38 Q
2 Hana Benešová  Czech Republic 53.89 Q
3 Tamsyn Lewis  Australia 54.42 Q
4 Louretta Thorne  United Kingdom 55.06
5 Lidurka Torres  Cuba 55.37
6 Onica Fraser  Guyana 55.82
7 Tonique Williams  Bahamas DQ

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Monique Hennagan  United States 53.50 Q
2 Tracey Barnes  Jamaica 53.92 Q
3 Daimí Pernía  Cuba 54.17 Q
4 Heidi Suomi  Finland 54.36 q
5 Larisa Bolenok  Russia 54.77 q
6 Sandrine Thiébaud  France 54.91 q
7 Andrea Burlacu  Romania 55.30
8 Tacko Diouf  Senegal 59.02

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1994 Lisbon POR Jul 20-24, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 August 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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